Foo Fighters live in London and Manchester

Foo Fighters at City Of Manchester Stadium. The band are currently embroiled in a legal tussle with Marvel Comics. They are alleging that Marvel used "substantial excerpts" of two of their songs to promote a new animated series, 'Wolverine And The X-Men'.
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Manic Street Preachers support Foo Fighters in Manchester. Always outspoken, Bassist Nicky Wire recently made headlines when he criticised Radiohead's decision to release their 'In Rainbows' album as a pay-what-you-like download: â

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The Futureheads support Foo Fighters at the 57,000-capacity City Of Manchester Stadium, June 2. The Sunderland band's acclaimed third album, 'This Is Not The World', was released in May.
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Foo Fighters at City Of Manchester Stadium. Grohl began the show by asking the crowd, "Do you mind if we play some new shit, some old shit, some rock shit, and some acoustic shit?" He then confessed: "We used to suck, but we're really good now."

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Foo Fighters at City Of Manchester Stadium, June 2. At the start of the set Dave Grohl promised to "play till we can't fucking play any more". He then warned the crowd: "I hope you've had a really big piss. It's going to be a long night."
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On the second night (Saturday June 7), Foo Fighters were joined by Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones, prompting Dave Grohl to proclaim it "the greatest fucking day of my life".
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Foo Fighters at Wembley Stadium, Friday June 6. The band closed their set with 'Best Of You', from their 2005 album 'In Your Honor'. As he launched into the track Grohl told the 86,000-strong crowd: "Thank you for being fantastic on our special night. This is something else, thanks for coming out."
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Supergrass provided the main support for Foo Fighters at Wembley Stadium, warming up the crowd with the likes of 'Caught By The Fuzz' and closer 'Pumping On Your Stereo'. "Thanks London," declared frontman Gaz Coombes at the end of their sweaty set. "You've done yourself proud."
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Foo Fighters, Wembley Stadium, June 7. The gig saw frontman Dave Grohl realise a life-long dream by drumming for Led Zeppelin - or two of them, anyway. He got behind the kit to accompany Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones on Zep classics 'Rock And Roll' and 'Ramble On'.
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Foo Fighters with Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones. Although singer Robert Plant was busy on solo duties in America, it was the first time members of the rock legends had united onstage since their legendary O2 Arena show in London last December.
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Foo Fighters at Wembley Stadium, Saturday June 7. NME.COM has been inundated by messages from overwhelmed Foos fans raving about the band's two Wembley shows. One NME.COM user, Lindsay_T, said the Saturday show was, "without a doubt the best night of my life".
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Foo Fighters fans at Wembley Stadium. The gig witnessed some ingenious stagecraft. During 'Stacked Actors' the band rotated their stage, with Taylor Hawkins playing a drum solo while revolving around the stadium, enabling his bandmates to dash backstage. Hawkins later sang lead vocals on Led Zeppelin's 'Rock And Roll', taking the place of Robert Plant, who was unable to join the one-night-only Foos/Zep supergroup.
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Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, shortly before being joined on stage by Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones. He told the crowd: "Playing Wembley Stadium is an honour, and if we didn't take advantage of this opportunity, the greatest fucking night in our band's lives, for all 86,000 of you motherfuckers, it isn't gonna be any other show."
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Foo Fighters at Wembley Stadium, Saturday June 7. Later they were joined on stage by Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones. From the start, Grohl hinted that something special was on the cards. He said early on: "We're gonna do something we've never done at a Foo Fighters show and it's gonna blow your shit out the door! Tonight this is gonna be the show that we're gonna be talking about for the next 20 years!"
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Foo Fighters at Wembley Stadium, Saturday June 7, the second of two giant shows at the home of English football. Foo Fighters had played the venue once before, for Live Earth in 2007, but on that occasion they only played five songs.
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Fans at Foo Fighters' Wembley Stadium shows were guaranteed a decent view of the band since Dave Grohl and co played 'in the round', on a revolving stage in the middle of the pitch. On the first night (June 6), after sixth song 'This Is A Call', an excitable Dave Grohl told the crowd: "Hey! Hey! Hey! Wembley fucking Stadium ladies and gentleman, I love each and everyone of you fucking arseholes tonight!"
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Foo Fighters at Wembley Stadium, June 6. Early in the set frontman Dave Grohl told the 86,000-strong crowd: "I used to think this place was big, but it's fucking massive. I love it! How long do you want us to play for? You tell us!"
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Foo Fighters at the first of their two gigs at Wembley Stadium, June 6. Grohl was keen to reference the venue's illustrious musical history, telling the crowd: "What's the first thing you think of when you say Wembley? Freddie Mercury! If you guys start a band and are lucky enough to do this just watch the Live Aid DVD."
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